Improved mop-weisgee



HENRY RUSSELL, OF NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN. Letters Pam No. 66,639, maJuly 9, 1867.

IMPROVED MOP-WRINGER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY RUSSELL, of' New Richmond, in the county ofSt. Croix, State of Wisconsin, have invented an improved Mop-Wringer;and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereoreference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this speciiication, in which' Figure 1 is a perspectiveview ofthe improved mop-wringer, showing a mop applied to it, and theplunger brought down `in position for wringing. I I

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken centrally through the wringer.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures. 4

This invention relates to'a new and limproved device, which is designedfor facilitating the wringing of water out of mops, and aiording aconvenient and eicient means for applying power necessary to e'ect saidobject.

The nature'of my invention consists in arranging within a suitable frameor stand a receptacle or .pressbox which is adapted for receiving a mop,which is on the end oi' a stati' or handle, and allowing water to besqueezed out of it, and in combining therewith a plunger and adjustablelever-handle, for the purpose of pressing the water out of a mop,placedin said receptacle, as will be hereinafter described.

Toenable others skilled in the art to understandmy invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation, and the mode which I prefer toadopt in carrying it into eiiect. i Y

The frame or stand which supports the pressing or wringing contrivancesconsists ofa vertical back board, A, and a base board, A, which arestrengthened 'and braced by means of side pieces A2 A2. At a suitableheight from the base of this frame is the press-box, which is formed bythe vertical side pieces B Bthe front board C, the bottom board D, andthe vertically-grooved o r corrugated back D', with front strips a a,which latter are used for ,conducting the water squeezed out of a mopfrom the central opening E into a vessel placed beneath it. The bottomboard D of the press-box ismsloped or bevelled, as shown in thedrawings, so that the water from the mop will freely escape atthe bottomof the box. The back D', and the inner side of the front board C, aregrooved or corrugated'vertically, for the purpose of allowing the watertofreely escape from the press-libri during the'prcssing operation.While I prefer to construct the frame and its press-box substantially inthemanner above described, I do not conne myself to the'precise form andconstruction. Nor do I conlne myself to any definite dimensions oftheseveral parts composing the frame and box. The baci; board A may bemadeabout thirty inches high forconvenience of using thevpress and toprevent stooping in the act of pressing, and the bottom board Al may bemade about sixteen inches long and one foot wide, so as to aiford theproper width of base to support the superincumbent parts substantially.lhe space beneath the bottom of the press-box should be sufficient toallow of the introduction beneath it of a pail of water or a pail toreceive water wrang out of a mop. A vertical slot, F, is made in theupper end of the back board A, of suitable width to receive one end of alever-handle, G, and of suitable length vertically to admit of theadjustment of said lever to the required height. On the front side ofthis back board and at the edges of the said slot, strong plates d d,having hooked 'teeth formed on their edges, are secured, which teethcurve downward and receive the ends of fulcrum pin which projectfromveach side of the lever G, as shown in the drawings. The teeth admitof the removal oi' 'said lever and the adjustment of its fulcrum point`at different heights, according to circumstances. To the lever G theupper end of the follower I-I is pivoted in a suitable manner, and onthe lower end of this follower a rectangular head, H', is secured, whichwill nieve up and down freely in the pres'sfbox. The mop, which isrepresented in red in fig. 2, is suitably applied to the handle J, andintroduced into the. pressbox, when the follower is removed by droppingthe contracted end of said handle into a vertical slot, g, which is madethrough the front b oard C at the middle of its width. When this isdone, the lever G, with its follower, is adjusted in their properplaces, and the follower head is brought down forcibly upon the mop bydepressing the free end of said lever, thereby pressing the water fromthe mop. The mop can be removed from. its pressbox by lifting theplunger or follower out of the way. When the'lever-handle, with itsfollower attached, is removed from itsplace, it may be hung on one sideof the frame out of the way by attaching the hook 7i on the lever tothethin metallic strip i, shown in fig. 1, so that said parts will be athand when they are to be used.

It Willbe seen from the above description of my invention that verylittle exertion will be required to wring a mop free from water, andthat this can be done without applying the hands to the mop or stoopingover the mop-pail. Y

Having described my invention, wha-t I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A machine for wringing water from mops, consisting of a. press-box,which is adopted for receiving a. mop when applied to its handles, afollower for pressing the mop',.a.nd a. movable lever for acting upo'nthe follower, all being constructed and operated substantially asdescribed. v

2. The construction of the frame and its press-box, for the purpose ofreceiving the mop and pressing devices, substantially as described.

EEENRY lRUSSELL.

Witnesses: n

M. S. GIBSON, H. C. COTTON.

